What is "menisci"

Meniscus \Me*nis"cus\, n.; pl. L. Menisci (-s[=i]), E. Meniscuses. [NL., from Gr. mhni`skos, dim. of mh`nh the moon.]

1. A crescent.

2. (Opt.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.

3. (Anat.) An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds.

   Converging meniscus, Diverging meniscus. See Lens.

n. (plural of meniscus English)

1. n. a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a point

2. [also: menisci (pl)]

See meniscus